The Amazing Rebirth of Israel
A significant end-time prophecy related to the present age is that Israel would become a nation again after a long worldwide dispersion of the Jews. It seemed impossible. All the odds were against it. But amazingly, it happened. Let’s look at the rebirth of Israel. Israel’s rebirth as a self-governing nation in 1948 represented the…
Interpreting Prophecy: Why a Literal Approach Is Best
We’re going to look at interpreting prophecy. I was once interviewed by the Orange County Register, a large newspaper in Southern California. The paper was doing a story on angels. The reporter expressed incredulity that a modern Christian with a doctoral degree could possibly believe that references to angels in the Bible were to be…
Prophetic Imbalances to Avoid
Let’s look at Prophetic Imbalances to Avoid: When my kids were learning to drive, I felt it essential for them to learn all the rules of safe driving. This included teaching them about specific things to avoid. For example, when driving, one should avoid speeding, driving while fatigued, diverting attention from the road to adjust…
THANKSGIVING AS GOD-CENTEREDNESS: How Paul’s use of the term differs from ours today
The concept of thanksgiving is mentioned 62 times within the New Testament, and intriguingly, over three-quarters of these mentions occur within Paul’s letters. Paul stands out as the only New Testament writer who explicitly exhorts believers to practice thankfulness. His emphasis on this theme is without equal, not only in the New Testament, but in…
What Do Others Teach about Faith vs Works?
Imputed righteousness: What do other religions team about faith vs works? Dr. John Ankerberg: One of the things I would like to talk about here, and that’s with the Worldwide Church of God. Herbert W. Armstrong makes this quote, Dr. Martin. He says, “Some religious teachers tell you Christ lived a righteous life for you…
Who is the Antichrist? Part 1 – Proclaims himself to be God
Who is the Antichrist? In Daniel 7, we read of a prophetic vision God gave to Daniel in which the Lord was indicating that sometime in the future there would be a revived form of the Roman Empire. But as Daniel was considering the ten horns that appeared in this vision, he made this statement…
Psalm 139 – A Prayer of Thanksgiving
A look at Psalm 139 – A Prayer of Thanksgiving Verses 1-6 Dear Omniscient Father, you know everything about me. Even the things I might want to keep hidden from you. You dig down into every nook and cranny of my life, my thoughts, my actions, my feelings. You know them all, yet you still…
Veterans Day
For most of us our lives are marked by a variety of responsibilities, unwelcome crises, and competing commitments which make it difficult to know what day of the week it is, not to mention what each day might hold. At such a pace, moments of prayerful reflection or remembrance are often displaced by deadlines and…
Psychics and Mediums—Part 3: Perceiving and Contacting “Ghosts”
In Part 1 of this series, I gave a brief summary of the occult, the paranormal, divination, psychics, trance states, and mediums. In Part 2, I discussed spiritism, channeling, and so-called spirit guides. In this final and concluding article in the series, I will briefly discuss séances, clairvoyance, clairaudience, clairsentience, psychometry, crystal balls, automatic handwriting,…
What Do Roman Catholics Believe About Salvation?
Catholics and Salvation: What do they believe? In this interview, Dr. Ankerberg interviews Dr. Walter Martin: Dr. John Ankerberg: As I see it – maybe you see it different – there are at least four different kinds of Roman Catholics to start off with in the Roman Catholic Church. I wanted to say that, and…
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